This is a list of riding gear, clothes and other personal equipment I’m bringing. Although we’ll have Liz & Anne following us in the car, I’ve limited myself to what I can carry on the bike. I’ll review this at the end of the trip to see what was most useful or not and what I was missing.
RIDING GEAR
- Hi Viz Cool Rider Mesh Jacket from 6th Gear – mesh outer jacket, with a water/wind proof removable liner and a second, removable thermal liner.
- Motorcycle pants
- Alpinestars Andes V2 Drystar boots
- Nolan N103 flip-up helmet – (the most comfortable helmet I’ve ever worn. Now replaced by the N100-5)
- Nelson-Rigg Storm Rider 2 piece rain suit
- Lyschy evaporative cooling vest
- Aerostich Elkskin Roper gloves – great 3 season gloves
- Aerostich Short Triple Digit Glove Covers – keeps your hands dry and the split digits allow you to cover the brakes while maintaining throttle.
- Insulated warm gloves.
- Sena S20 helmet communicator – This has been replace by the S20 Evo. We also purchased the Sena Expand headset so the ladies in the car can communicate with us via intercom.
- Garmin Zumo XT GPS navigator – does not need cell signal or data
CLOTHES
- underwear – 7
- long underwear – 2
- socks – 7
- thick socks – 1
- T-shirts – 4
- light fleece sweater – 1
- thick fleece sweater – 1
- quick dry slacks – 1
- jeans – 1
- quick dry long sleeve shirts – 2
- nice short sleeve shirt – 1
- golf shirt – 2
- shorts – 2
- swim suit – 1
- quick dry travel towel – 1
- hiking shoes – 1
- sandals – 1
- nice shoes – 1
- wind breaker – 1
CAMERAS & ELECTRONICS
- LG 13″ laptop
- Motorola Moto G Stylus cell phone, with 128 Gb micro SD
- Osmo Action camera, helmet & bike mounts, and extra batteries.
- Sony Alpha 6000 camera
- Sony lenses: 16 – 50 & 55 – 210
- Nissan i40 flash
- Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS5 waterproof camera (for when we don’t want to carry the whole camera bag)
- mini tripod
- extra memory cards
OTHER STUFF
- toiletries
- sleeping bag – we don’t plan on camping but nice to have, just in case. Also serves as a lumbar support – packed in the waterproof bag strapped on the seat behind me.
- inflatable camping pillow
- Sea to Summit large sleeping pad
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I really enjoyed reading your lists, John. Awesome! Reminded me of the logistics for backpacking/climbing expeditions, but much more technical. Eva
As I said, the lists are more for gear-heads, people who are thinking of similar sorts of trips. I found other people’s equipment and spare lists to be really helpful when I read their accounts of long-distance motorcycle trips, particularly what they found most useful and how they improvised repairs.